Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language Processing - LAN00067H
Module summary
This module is designed to deepen your understanding of major trends in psycholinguistics and language processing. We focus primarily on current models of processing, emphasizing the interaction of different levels of representation, memory and the role of prediction.
Related modules
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
Module aims
The primary goal of this module is to deepen your understanding of major trends in sentence processing and psycholinguistics. We will focus on critically discussing primary literature in language processing.
Discussion will primarily center around a critical evaluation of the readings, and how they help us evaluate our models of language processing. Secondarily, we aim to enhance your understanding of the technical sides of psycholinguistic papers, including the critical components of experimental methods and statistical analysis.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
- communicate efficiently design and results in psycholinguistic research
- analyze the predictions of alternative psycholinguistics approaches for different experimental methods and designs
- write cogent analytic arguments on psycholinguistic theory and current research programs
Module content
The module will cover a selection of topics in language processing, including the following areas: (this list is not exhaustive and not all areas will be covered each time the module is offered):
• Current models of dependency formation
• Prosodic Processing
• Processing thematic dependencies
• Processing morphosyntactic dependencies
• Processing referential dependencies
• Processing A-bar dependencies
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 85 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 15 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 85 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 15 |
Module feedback
• Weekly group level feedback on formative exercises will be provided at the seminar
• Feedback on in class presentation will be provided in class
• Feedback for final essay will be provided 25 working days after the deadline
Indicative reading
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